Samuel Prout Hill b. c.1820

  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, lecturer, poet and public servant, in the 1840s Hill was very active in the Sydney arts and culture scene. In 1848 he moved to Tasmania where he later turned to politics.
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creator of
The First T.S.N. Co.'s Steam Boat Running for Hobart

Not dated, water colour

 
creator of
View of Government House Gardens from the Gardener's Cottage

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania.

 
creator of
A Frigate in Anchor in Plymouth Sound

May be the same painting as “A Dock Scene”.

 
creator of
Adelaide Flat, Forrest Creek [Vic.]
Date

Water colour

 
creator of
First Gun Boat...in Sydney Harbour off Pinchgut
Date

Water colour

 
creator of
A Dock Scene
Date

May be the same painting as “A Frigate in Anchor in Plymouth Sound”.

 

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References [<ExternalResource: 'Lectures Delivered at the Mechanics Institute Hobart Town', Includes lectures by Hill.>, <ExternalResource: Hill, Samuel Prout (1847), 'A Monody on the Death of Sir George Gipps'.>, <ExternalResource: Hill, Samuel Prout (1843), 'Tarquin the Proud and Other Poems'.>, <ExternalResource: Buckie, H. (1966), 'Samuel Prout Hill', Australian Dictionary of Biography, volume 1, Pike, Douglas (ed.), Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Andel, L.V. (1984), 'Clerk of the House: The Reminiscences of Hugh Munro Hull 1818-1882', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: (1849), 'Annual Report of the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts for the Year 1848', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: (1 November 1845), Standard.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.>] [<ExternalResource: 'Lectures Delivered at the Mechanics Institute Hobart Town', Includes lectures by Hill.>, <ExternalResource: Hill, Samuel Prout (1847), 'A Monody on the Death of Sir George Gipps'.>, <ExternalResource: Hill, Samuel Prout (1843), 'Tarquin the Proud and Other Poems'.>]